The youngest daughter in her family, the beautiful Tita is forbidden to marry her true love, Pedro because Tita's mother wanted her oldest daughter to get married first, and have Tita to stay and take care of her. As the years pass, unusual circumstances test the enduring love of Pedro and Tita.
The food scenes in this Mexican fable are just as sumptuous and appetizing as those in Denmark's Oscar-winning Babette's Feast, excpet they have an extra-erotic and surreal appeal due to masterful cinematography by Emmanuel Lubezki and Steve Bernstein
